The coffin of Djehutymose is one of the more than 100,000 ancient and medieval objects at the museum. / Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

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Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

WHERE'S THAT? The museum is on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.

WHAT DOES THIS U-M MUSEUM HAVE? You name it; everything from pottery, sculpture and jewelry to cuneiform tablets, children's toys and basketry. The museum's holdings total more than 100,000 objects from approximately 6,000 BC to AD 1500.

COULD YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? It's home to the largest collection of Greco-Roman daily life objects outside Cairo, Egypt; the largest collection of Latin inscriptions in the Western Hemisphere, and important collections of early Byzantine and Islamic textiles, Near Eastern seals and other artifacts, Roman brick stamps and provenanced Roman glass. You'll also find 40,000 ancient coins, numerous funerary masks and nearly life-size watercolor murals based on wall paintings from Pompeii's Villa of the Mysteries. Tom Harmon's jockstrap is not on display.

LET'S GET TO THE GOOD STUFF. DOES THE MUSEUM HAVE MUMMIES? Yes -- human, dog, cat and bird. They have a Twitter account. No joke.

IS THE MUSEUM INVOLVED IN ARCHAEOLOGY? Yes. It continues to sponsor archaeological fieldwork -- including expeditions to the Middle East, north Africa, Italy and Greece -- as it has for the last eight decades.

WHAT'S THE MUSEUM'S HISTORY? It was founded in 1928 and opened the following year. Francis Kelsey, a U-M professor of Latin language and literature from 1889 until 1927, donated his personal collection of Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquities; the building was named for him in 1953.

WHAT DETAILS DO I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE VISITING? The museum is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. It's closed Mondays and university holidays. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. Prearranged tours cost $1 per person. Also, note that flash photography and pens aren't allowed in the gallery.